help! BAD_POOL_CALLER

G

Guest

My laptop has broken.
Basically, when I turn it on, it loads normally, until XP seems to have
loaded, then it says "windows is starting up" with xp's usual blue
background, but then the screen changes to the old ERROR type screen, with a
dark blue background and white text which says:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your computer.

BAD_POOL_CALLER

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is correctly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable any BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart
your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then
select Safe Mode.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x000000c2 (0x00000043, 0xD0530000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

then after a few seconds, some more text appears beneath that:

Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further
assistance.


Then the screen disappears after a split-second and the computer reloads
from the beginning. This appears to be a loop, as it just keeps doing this
over and over again. Safe mode and last known good configuration seem to make
no difference. I have installed no new hardware, software or drivers
recently, and nothing new is plugged in. The message just came up one day
when I turned the machine on. Help me please.
 
G

Guest

Lanis said:
My laptop has broken.
Basically, when I turn it on, it loads normally, until XP seems to have
loaded, then it says "windows is starting up" with xp's usual blue
background, but then the screen changes to the old ERROR type screen, with a
dark blue background and white text which says:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage
to your computer.

BAD_POOL_CALLER

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is correctly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable any BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart
your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then
select Safe Mode.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x000000c2 (0x00000043, 0xD0530000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

then after a few seconds, some more text appears beneath that:

Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further
assistance.


Then the screen disappears after a split-second and the computer reloads
from the beginning. This appears to be a loop, as it just keeps doing this
over and over again. Safe mode and last known good configuration seem to make
no difference. I have installed no new hardware, software or drivers
recently, and nothing new is plugged in. The message just came up one day
when I turned the machine on. Help me please.

I think it is your RAM, try to test and change the RAM around and see if
that will help.

It is likely a bad driver for either your Sound card or DVD?.
Have a look in the event viewer for error messages(X) and post them back in
your next post.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us
How to use the special pool feature to isolate pool damage
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188831/EN-US/
Do you have a SoundBlaster sound card installed on your system?.
http://search.microsoft.com/results...0=Search&FORM=QBME1&l=1&mkt=en-US&PageType=99

Perform these cleaning steps and see if any improvement :
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Taps:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

2... You need to be sure your system is clean from malware and Viruses by
scanning for them
Scan for malware from here:
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
http://www.safer-networking.org ; for Spybot S&D

=How to perform a clean boot procedure to prevent background programs from
interfering with a game or a program that you currently use
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/331796


3... You may have a bad RAM try to test your RAM by running Memory test by
downloading this tool and unzip it and make a floppy or CD/DVD and run it on
Reboot.
Microsoft Online Crash Analysis
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
You may need to reposition/reset the RAM sticks in their slots.
HTH.
Let us know.
Regards,
nass
 
G

Gerry

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms796120.aspx

What is the version of your Windows XP CD as it appears on the CD?

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on
the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,
Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

Try Start, Run, type "sigverif.exe" without quotes and hit OK. What
drivers are listed as unsigned? Disregard those which are not checked.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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G

Guest

thanks for your advice, but this problem happens before windows runs, so i
cant access task manager etc. any further advice?
 
G

Gerry

What is the version of your Windows XP CD as it appears on the CD?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

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